Monday, July 21, 2008

a bit like a music of music boxes; stemlets and flowerets

images from the making of the pré by francis pongeuniversity of missouri press - 1979translated by lee fahnestock

image 1 - from book jacketfrom three prints of grasses - buc'hozimage 2 & 3 - a bit like a music of music boxes; stemlets and flowerets - harpsichord cadenza - johann sebastian bachimage 4 - 13 july evening (night of 13 to 14) 3image 5 - first typing, 19 january 1961image 6 - like the neck of the beauty with the necklace - "the hunt of the unicorn"

the making of the pré may best be described as a poetic manuscript in which francis ponge develops his poem le pré (the meadow).- from the jacket

(discovered in the library of the printer and book designer jack stauffacher)((more to come as i spend more time with this book))